☂️ “Make it Rainnn” — Rainmaker’s rain startup. Dick’s Foot Locker palace. UnitedHealth’s worst month ever.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

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Foot Locker surged 80% on deal with Dick’s… but the wilder story is Dick’s sports palaces.

Rainmaker got $30M to play God and make it rain (literally)... We got the history of human-made rain.

UnitedHealth just had its worst month ever… And now it’s made every health stock sick.

Plus, why did Rihanna put caviar on chicken?... Because caviar is cheaper than ever.

$FL $DKS $UNH

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0:00.0	This is Nick.
0:01.7	This is Jack.
0:02.5	It's Friday the real Friday.
0:04.9	May 16th.
0:05.9	And today's pot is the best one yet.
0:07.9	This is a T-Boy.
0:09.8	The top three pop business news stories you need to know today.
0:12.9	Hey, you know, it's not a T-Boy?
0:14.2	Someone at the T-Boy Studio spilled lasagna on my pants.
0:17.6	That tomato sauce doesn't come out easy, dude.
0:19.4	No, it does not.
0:21.0	And it may have been me.
0:22.3	Jack, three stories for today's show.
0:24.2	What have we got on the pod?
0:25.2	For our first story,
0:26.8	Dick Sporting Goods is acquiring Foot Locker for over $2 billion.
0:31.0	But the real story here is the Palace of Sports.
0:34.9	For our second story, United Healthcare is the biggest health insurer company. Check. The biggest employer of sports. For our second story, United Healthcare is the biggest health insurer company.
0:39.1	Check.
0:39.6	The biggest employer of doctors.
0:41.4	Double check.
0:42.0	And the biggest health care stock in America.
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